“Henríquez’s writing is vibrant, her affecting portraits of Panama’s young women
ultimately a celebration of humanity, with all
its flaws.”—Texas Monthly. “Only a master can
carry a complex sentence as she does...This is
powerful writing.”—The Seattle Times.
Riverhead 320pp. 978-1-59448-241-0 $14.00

Rayda Jacobs
f CONFESSIONS OF A GAMBLER

A Novel of Veils

A riveting portrait of contemporary Muslim
life in Cape Town, told through the eyes of a
single mother leading a double life—as a pious
woman coping with the death of one of her
sons to AIDS, and as a gambling addict.
Overlook 240pp. 978-1-58567-898-6 $26.95
Available July 2007

South Africa’s Sunday Times Fiction Award

Jane Harris

f THE OBSERVATIONS

“A deliriously captivating tale of sex, ghosts,
lies, and mysteries.”—Elizabeth Gilbert.
“Harris’s research into the lives of servants
in 1862 is impressive, as is her knowledge of
the experimental and haphazard treatment of
mental illness at the time....[An] accomplished
novel.”—The Times Literary Supplement.
Penguin 416pp. 978-0-14-311201-3 $14.00
Available August 2007

“Harks back to the great Russian masters
[and] breathes new life into American literary
fiction.”—Jonathan Yardley, The Washington
Post Book World. “Ironic, surreal, sometimes
stunning and always chaotic...Gogolesque in
its sardonic humor.”—The New York Times.
Penguin 368 pp. 978-0-14-303840-5 $14.00
Shortlisted for the Orange Prize; Nominated for the
2006 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Debut Fiction;
A New York Times Notable Book

S. E. Hinton
f THE OU TSIDERS

Introduction by Jodi Picoult

The landmark of American fiction, first published in 1967, now in Penguin Classics.
Penguin Classics 160pp. 978-0-14-303985-3 $13.00

Tess Uriza Holthe
WHEN THE ELEPHANTS DANCE
“A powerful tale of the Philippine Islands and
a testament to the resilience and courage of
the Filipino people.”—San Francisco Chronicle.
“Mesmerizing...truly exciting to read.”— The
Washington Post.
Penguin 384pp. 978-0-14-200288-9 $14.00

Paola Kaufmann
f THE SISTER: A Novel of Emily Dickinson

Drawn from journals, documents, and letters
from the Dickinson family, this novel shines
new light on the reclusive 19th century poet.
Overlook 280pp. 978-1-58567-951-5 $24.95

Lynn Harris

f DEATH BY CHICK LIT

A satire of the chick lit craze in which someone
is killing off It-Girl writers. “Hilarious.”—
Andy Borowitz, author of The Borowitz Report.
Berkley 256 pp. 978-0-425-21524-1 $14.00

Jessica Hagedorn

DREAM JUNGLE

“Scrupulously documents its chosen time and
place: the Marcos-controlled Philippines of
the 1970’s....Dogeaters and Dream Jungle stand
together like installments in a single panoramic Philippine historical epic....Masterly.”—The
New York Times Book Review.
Penguin 336 pp. 978-0-14-200109-7 $14.00
A New York Times Notable Book

A. M. Homes
f THIS BOOK WILL SAVE YOUR LIFE

“An absolute masterpiece.”—The Philadelphia
Inquirer. “Hilarious...Homes writes in the tradition of Kurt Vonnegut and has the talent to pull
it off.”—San Francisco Chronicle.

Penguin 384pp. 978-0-14-303874-0 $14.00
Also of interest: The Mistress’s Daughter, see page 7

Nora Okja Keller

FOX GIRL

“Disturbing, riveting and necessary...the tale
of throwaway children and prostitutes stranded in the aftermath of the Korean War.”—Los
Angeles Times.

“Hagedorn transcends social strata, gender,
culture, and politics in this exuberant, witty,
and telling portrait.”— The San Diego Union.
Penguin 272 pp. 978-0-14-014904-3 $14.00
Also of interest:
Charlie Chan Is Dead 2 978-0-14-200390-9

Josephine Humphreys

NOWHERE ELSE ON EARTH
“Will fill the void of female voices in the literature of the Civil War and Reconstruction.”
—Louise C. Maynor, North Carolina Central
University.
Penguin 368pp. 978-0-14-100206-4 $15.00
Also of interest: Dreams of Sleep 978-0-14-007787-2,
Rich in Love 978-0-14-029610-5, The Fireman’s Fair 978-
0-14-016838-9

Sue Monk Kidd
THE MERMAID CHAIR
“Kidd draws connections from the feminine
to the divine to the erotic that a lesser writer
wouldn’t see, and might not have the guts to follow.”—Time magazine.
Penguin 368pp. 978-0-14-303669-2 $14.00
Winner of the Quill Award for Fiction

THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES
“Inspiring. Sue Monk Kidd is a direct literary descendant of Carson McCullers.”—The
Baltimore Sun. “The tale of one motherless
daughter’s discovery of what family really
means.”— The Washington Post.
Penguin 336pp. 978-0-14-200174-5 $14.00
Also of interest: Firstlight, see page 17